Emotions at the workplace
I remember those early days when I started ‘working’.. it was voluntary work for a cultural organization primarily comprising of college and post graduate students monitored by professors. The one sermon that our Professors kept preaching to us to ensure that this organization actually worked … was “Be professional in whatever you do. Don’t bring emotions into the workplace” A sermon that I am sure many of us have lived our lives with… grown and prospered as ‘Professional’ people. Lately, in my role as Diversity Education Lead in one of the Leading IT organizations of the world, I started exploring the concepts of “Frame of Reference” the “Insider and Outsider” feelings. With this came the realization of how hollow and empty the sermon sounded: “Be professional in whatever you do. Don’t bring emotions into the workplace” As an HR professional, I cannot but agree that organizations need to hire people simply on the basis of competence, capability and experience. That, we need to try and